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I have a rental house on the other side of the hill with a neighbor who just doesn't do any maintenance. He lives in DC and rents to a very nice lady with her little boy. He responded to one of my many e-mails but without an definite answer and nothing more.

Half his rubber tree is hanging over our roof and fills the gutters every season. It has caused water to dam up so the rain water runs back into the roof. We just replaces the entire patio cover and put on a new roof along with new gutters, plumbing electrical and interior is all new. I like to have him cut the tree, but its $3k so do it along with other brush that's taking over the only stairs case that lead onto the back yard. Fence that has fallen over but held up by vegetation. We are down hill from them, and I do not want their fence to fall onto my new tenant causing an easy lawsuit. I am more then willing to split the cost of a new fence but not cut his damn tree. what can I do or what would you do since he will not respond to my emails. His poor renter wants the trees cut on the property also. this is the house he's eventually going to live in after retirement. i don't want to go the route of a lawyer or small claims court, but like to do something about it before we rent it out. Lets hear it guys.